Question

is the group of words in bold a phrase or a clause? following a disastrous invasion of russia, french military leader and emperor napoleon bonaparte was forced to abdicate and went into exile on the island of elba. phrase clause

Explanation:

A phrase is a group of words without a subject - verb combination, while a clause has both a subject and a verb. The group "on the island of Elba" has no subject - verb pair. It functions as a prepositional phrase (preposition "on" + object "the island of Elba"). So it is a phrase.

Answer:

phrase